Linda Ridgway
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Jeffersonville, Indiana
Jeffersonville is a city in Clark County, Indiana, along the Ohio River. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name Jeff. It is directly across the Ohio River to the north of Louisville, Kentucky along I-65. The population was 44,953 at the 2010 census...
in 1947. She earned a BFA from Louisville School of Art in Anchorage, Kentucky
Anchorage, Kentucky
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and an MFA from Tulane University
Tulane University
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in New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
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.
She currently lives and works in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
and is best known for her sculptures and installations that appear to have been allowed to fall randomly. The Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas Museum of Art
The Dallas Museum of Art is a major art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, USA, along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St. Paul and Harwood. In 1984, the museum moved from its previous location in Fair Park to the Arts District, Dallas, Texas...
(Dallas, Texas), the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth was first granted a Charter from the State of Texas in 1892 as the "Fort Worth Public Library and Art Gallery", evolving through several name changes and different facilities in Fort Worth...
(Fort Worth, Texas) and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Houston, Texas) are among the public collections holding sculpture by Linda Ridgway.
Linda Ridgeway married Donald L. Taylor and has two children, John Alexander Taylor (born 1980); he is an artist, and Benjamin J. Taylor (born 1982) a costume director in NYC.
Solo Exhibitions
1974- Louisville School of Art, Anchorage, KY
1976
- Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX
1977
- DW Co-op Gallery, Dallas, TX
1982
- DW Gallery, Dallas, TX
1987
- Formations, DW Gallery, Dallas, TX
1990
- Graham Gallery, Houston, TX,
- Night Voices, Studio Gallery, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX
1991
- Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
1994
- Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
1996
- Visual Essays, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX,
- Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
1997–98
- Linda Ridgway: A Survey, Poetics of Form, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, traveled to Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (catalogue)
1998
- Poetry of Line, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
1999
- Linda Ridgway: Receiving Line, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Linda Ridgway: Red Line, Art League of Houston, TX, Exhibit for 1999 Artist of the Year Award
2000
- Natural Juices: Etchings and Monotypes, Flatbed Galleries, Austin, TX
- Linda Ridgway: Leap Year, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2001
- Without Ceremony, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
- Linda Ridgway: White Flowers, Dallas Visual Art Center, TX, solo exhibition to recognize the 2001 Legend Award Artist
2002
- Arrangements, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003
- Consider, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2005
- Reconsider, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
- while, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
2006
- Line By Line, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2007
- Between, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
Group Exhibitions
1978- Works on Paper: Southwest 1978, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX (catalogue)
1979
- Fire, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (catalogue)
- Made in Texas, Archer M. Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, TX (catalogue)
- 12: Artists Working in North Texas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX (catalogue)
- Dallas Art 79, City Hall, Dallas, TX
1981
- Works on Paper, Forum Gallery, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX
- Invitational 80-81, Longview Museum and Arts Center, Longview, TX
1982
- Texas Fine Arts Association Competition, City Hall, Dallas, TX
- Black and White, DW Gallery, Dallas, TX
1983
- Art from Dallas Galleries, Caltex House, Irving, TX
- Group Show, DW Gallery, Dallas, TX
- Faculty Show, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX
1984
- Drawing Show, DW Gallery, Dallas, TX
1985
- The Crescent Collection II: A Celebration of Texas Artists, The Crescent Marketing Center, Dallas, TX
1987
- 100 Under 1000, DW Gallery, Dallas, TX
1988
- Metroplex Artist Series, Exhibition and Lecture, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
- Recent Work: Gallery Artists, DW Gallery, Dallas, TX
- Taking Shape, DW Gallery, Dallas, TX
1989
- Group Show, N. NO. O Gallery, Dallas, TX
- A Family of Artists, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
- A Moveable Art Feast/Treasure Hunt, Beverly Gordon Gallery, Dallas, TX
1990
- The Vessel, Hickory Street Annex, Dallas, TX (catalogue)
- Making Metaphors, Richland College, Dallas, TX
- New Sculpture, Graham Gallery, Houston, TX
- Working with Harry, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX
1991
- Sculpture Invitational, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX
1992
- Forty + Views, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
- Presence, Center for Research in Contemporary Art, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
- Metal and Stone: Six Young Sculptors, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX (catalogue)
1994
- Small Objects, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
- Private Identity and Public Conscience: Contemporary Works from the Museum’s Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
- Texas Axis: 4 Artists Exploring Space, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX (catalogue)
- Works on Paper, Longview Art Museum, Longview, TX
- Harry Geffert and Friends, D-Art, Dallas, TX
- Drawings, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
- Essentials, Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
- Abstract Matters: Recapitulation and Transcendence, Forum Gallery, Center for the Arts, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX
- Faculty Show, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, TX
1995
- Link, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
- Showing Off the DCCCD: Works by Art Faculty of the Dallas County Community College District, D-Art, Dallas, TX
- Gang Warfare, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
1995–96
- Genesis and Fire: Works from the Green Mountain Foundry, The Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (brochure)
1996
- Establishment Exposed: Part I, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX (catalogue)
- Link, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
- Five Year Anniversary Show, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
1997
- Link, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
- New Work: Gallery Artists, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
1998
- Foundations: Mechanics and Instinct, CRCA, The Gallery at UTA, Arlington, TX
- Link, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
- Oso Bay Biennial X, Art Museum of South Texas and Weil Gallery, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX
1999
- Les derniers ojbets du siecle? Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland
- PhotoAustin: 1999 Inaugural Exhibtion, Flatbed Galleries, Austin, TX
- Art/30/Basel, Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland
- House of Sculpture, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX
- Flora and Fauna, John Micheal Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2000
- Red, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington ,TX
- The Art Show, John Berggruen Gallery, New York, NY
- Crossing State Lines, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
- Flatbed Press, Works on Paper, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
- Five By Seven By X, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, TX
2001
- Private Collections: Artists, Curators and Collectors, The Gallery at the University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
- Vernissage, Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland
- Gallery in the Garden, Benefit for the Greater Austin Chapter of the Alzheimers Association, Governor’s Mansion, Austin, TX
- Sculpture, Drawings, and Works in Relief, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Summer in the City, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Art for Art’s Sake, Arthur Rgoer Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2002
- One Hundred Years: The Permanent Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas
- Spring Forward: New Work from the Studio, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CANext, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
- Modalities of the Visible: A Survey of Contemporary Art in North Texas, Brookhaven College For the Arts, Addison, TX
- Art in Embassies Program, Paris France
2003
- Flip, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
- Pairings: Artists’ Selections from the Dallas Museum of Art Collection, The Contemporary, Dallas, TX
- Mark Making: A Drawing Show, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
- Twenty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Arthur Roger, New Orleans, LA
2004
- 5th Anniversary Exhibition, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
- Steve Murphy, Linda Ridgway: Planting A Line, The Gallery at UTA, Arlington, TX
- One Hundred Drawings, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
- Texas Vision: The Barrett Collection, The Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX
2005
- Natural Beauty, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas
- A Summer Group, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
- Artists Among Us, The Women’s Museum, Dallas, Texas
2006
- Intersection, UNT Artspace FW, Fort Worth, Texas
- Texas 100: Selections from the El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso Museum of Art, Texas
- Professors/Printmakers, Tarrant County College, Arlington, Texas
- Laced With History, John Michasel Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
2007
- The Eclectic Eye: Pop and Illusion - Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO
2008
- Arthur Roger 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
- Something New, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Museum Collections
- American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
- ARCO, Dallas, TX
- Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
- El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
- Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
- Weisman Collection, Los Angeles, CA